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Cases of bleeding spur advisory on synthetic marijuana
COLUMBUS (AP) -- State officials are warning Ohio health care providers that synthetic marijuana possibly contaminated with a substance used as rat poison is linked to cases of severe bleeding in other states.
The Department of Health says Ohio has logged no such cases, but it's alerting medical professionals and Poison Control Centers in case they encounter patients with symptoms similar to those cases.
Health officials say dozens of people in Illinois experienced severe bleeding after using synthetic marijuana, and some tested positive for an anticoagulant used as rat poison. A few other cases of serious, unexplained bleeding were reported in Indiana, Maryland, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Synthetic cannabinoids known as fake weed or by brand names such as K2 and Spice can't be sold legally in Ohio, but are available elsewhere and online.
Nightclub shooting near Dayton leaves one dead
DAYTON (AP) -- Authorities say a shooting at an Ohio nightclub has left one man dead.
The Montgomery County sheriff's office says deputies responded at 2 a.m. Sunday to a report of a person being shot at the K9 Club in Jefferson Township, outside of Dayton. They say they learned that several people pulled out handguns and opened fire at each other across the crowded club.
A 67-year-old man was wounded and then was pronounced dead at Miami Valley Hospital. Authorities didn't say whether he participated in the gunfire. No other injuries were reported.
Police say a car chase followed the shooting, with people in vehicles exchanging gunfire in Dayton.
Homicide detectives are asking for help in identifying and locating the suspects.
Confederacy exhibit displayed at Cincinnati's Freedom Center
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Cincinnati has two new museum exhibits on the history and currency of the Confederacy.
"Confederate Currency: The Color of Money" and "Confederate Memory: Symbols, Controversy & Legacy" has opened at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
The first museum exhibit displays paintings of the money used in the Confederacy and southern states. The bank notes feature images of slavery in the center of the bills.
Christopher Miller, programs initiatives manager at the center, tells WCPO-TV the currency shows how slavery played a "significant role in the economic foundation" of the country.
The second exhibit examines revisionist history and national Confederate symbols such as the Confederate flag.
The exhibits run through July 13 at the center that celebrates the "underground railroad" network that helped slaves reach freedom.
Slain officer's family to christen police boat in his honor
COLUMBUS (AP) -- The family of an Ohio SWAT officer fatally shot during a standoff in Columbus two years ago will help christen a new police boat in his honor.
Columbus police say the new watercraft will be dedicated Monday in the name of Officer Steven Smith. The mayor, police chief and other city officials are scheduled to join Smith's family for the dedication ceremony at a boathouse in Hilliard.
The 54-year-old Smith was shot in the head during an attempted arrest in April 2016 and died two days later.
The suspect convicted of aggravated murder for the shooting was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Defense attorneys argued the defendant suffers mental issues that affected his actions during the standoff.
Columbus police: Man arrested after shooting wife, child
COLUMBUS (AP) -- Police in the Ohio capital city say they arrested a man after he shot his wife and teen daughter and then put them in his car to drive to a hospital.
Columbus police say a man called Saturday night to say he had shot his wife and child, and that officers then made a traffic stop to arrest him. The man's wife was hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot to the stomach, while their 13-year-old daughter was in stable condition with a wound to the leg.
Forty-one-year-old Kevin Cosby was jailed on two counts of felonious assault. No attorney was listed for him, ahead of a scheduled Monday court appearance.
Four hurt after knife-wielding man attacks crowd
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Authorities say four people have been injured after a knife-wielding man attacked a crowd of people in downtown Indianapolis.
Witnesses say the attack Saturday afternoon on the American Legion Mall and outside the Central Library began after the man made noises over a bullhorn and someone told him to stop. That's when he began cutting people.
Octavia Bridges told WTHR-TV says the man "came approaching me talking about 'I will kill y'all, I will kill all y'all."
Indianapolis Fire Department Battalion Chief Rita Reith (ryt) says medics transported four people to hospitals, two in critical condition and two in serious condition.
Indianapolis police spokesman Jim Gillespie says one of those injured is a person of interest in the attack.
None of the injured people have been identified.
Woman charged in critical injuries to husband after fight
NORMALVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania has been charged with shooting her husband in the head following what she alleges was an assault after she refused to cook him breakfast.
The (Uniontown) Herald-Standard reports that 36-year-old Rachel Eutsey of Normalville faces charges including attempted homicide, aggravated assault, and child endangerment.
State police in Fayette County said John Maki was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in critical condition after the shooting was reported shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday.
Police said Eutsey reported that the couple argued because she wouldn't cook him breakfast, and she alleges he choked her, so she pointed a gun to scare him and fired "but didn't intend to strike the victim."
Court documents indicate that Eutsey will be represented by the county public defender's office, which couldn't be reached Sunday.
Injuries in human-smuggling crash on California highway
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Authorities say a horse trailer carrying about 18 people who entered the country illegally overturned on a Southern California highway just north of the border with Mexico.
The San Diego Union-Tribune says several people inside the trailer were hurt in the crash Saturday near Campo, with injuries described as moderate and minor. Six patients were hospitalized.
The California Highway Patrol says a witness reported that the two-axle trailer being hauled by a pickup truck began to fishtail and eventually tipped onto its right side along northbound Interstate 8.
The newspaper says authorities rounded up most, if not all, of the people involved. The CHP reported 18 individuals, while Border Patrol said there were 19. The reason for the discrepancy was unclear.
Officials say the pickup driver was not immediately identified.
Two Arizona children found dead in car seats laid to rest
SUPERIOR, Ariz. (AP) -- Two Arizona children who died after being left strapped in car seats in a vehicle for hours have been buried together.
The Casa Grande Dispatch reports the bodies of 2-year-old Lorenzo Velasquez and 9-month-old Brooklyn Velasquez were laid beside each other in the same pearly white casket at their funeral Saturday in the town of Superior.
The children's mother -- 20-year-old Brittany Velasquez -- has been indicted on two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse.
Authorities say she was the last person to see her children alive when she left them in a car outside of a family home and went to work on the morning of March 26.
She has blamed their deaths on someone she said was supposed to be watching them.
Facebook suspends Canadian firm amid data mining scandal
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Facebook says it has suspended a Canadian political consulting firm amid media reports it had ties to Cambridge Analytica, a British data mining company accused of obtaining data from up to 87 million Facebook users to sway elections.
Menlo Park, California-based Facebook says in a statement issued Saturday that AggregateIQ may have improperly received data from Facebook users. AggregateIQ will lose all Facebook access.
Cambridge Analytica was employed by Donald Trump's presidential campaign. It says it received data from 30 million users but never used it in the 2016 campaign.
Whistleblowers say AggregateIQ worked on the campaign for Great Britain to exit the European Union.
AggregateIQ says on its website it isn't part of Cambridge Analytica or parent firm SCL. It says it didn't have access to Facebook data from Cambridge Analytica.
Ingraham due back at Fox following tweet backlash, vacation
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham is expected back at work on Monday following a backlash by advertisers upset over her tweet mocking a Parkland, Florida, school shooting survivor.
Her one-week vacation served as a cooling-off period. The number of companies saying they would not advertise on her show, at 19, according to a count by Media Matters for America, slowed to a trickle while she was away.
Ingraham also picked up a strong statement of support from her boss and backing from an unexpected source in liberal talk show host Bill Maher late on Friday.
Ingraham has apologized for a tweet in which she said 17-year-old high school student David Hogg whined about being rejected by some colleges. Hogg has said it's "time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children." Their spat became a symbol of a debate over how minors active in national gun safety talks should be treated by political opponents. Another student, Emma Gonzalez, was falsely depicted in a doctored photo tearing up the Constitution.
Hogg has urged companies to reconsider their relationships with Ingraham, a veteran pundit whose Fox show has aired only for a few months. Ingraham also was criticized in February for saying Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star LeBron James should "shut up and dribble" instead of talking politics. She has said that was a reference to her 2003 book, "Shut Up & Sing," in which she criticized performers who venture into politics. James, a three-time NBA champion, has vowed to keep talking.
Earlier this week, Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy said that "we cannot and will not allow voices to be censored by agenda-driven intimidation efforts" and promised Ingraham will be back.
Ingraham has not addressed the controversy on her show, which airs at 10 p.m. ET.
Meanwhile, HBO's Bill Maher said on his show that even though Ingraham has been "a deliberately terrible person, saying horrible things," the young gun safety advocates have to expect criticism if they are entering the public arena. He said they shouldn't target advertisers.
Hogg "complains about bullying," Maher said. "That's bullying. I have been the victim of a boycott of sponsors. I lost a job once. It is wrong."
One of Maher's guests, former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer, a Democrat who resigned in 2008 amid revelations he had sex with prostitutes, said the First Amendment gives people the right to organize boycotts. Maher called it an "end run" around the First Amendment.
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